Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Name: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Oxy Vinyls
Start: 8/21/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085986 · 8/21/2015 · Oxy Vinyls

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Sulfuric acid
Secondary source: Pumps

Employer

Name: Oxy Vinyls
Location: 2880 Park Rd. 1836, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On August 21, 2015, at 8:30 p.m., an employee was starting a pump when an expansion joint failed, releasing sulfuric acid into the atmosphere. The employee inhaled sulfuric acid fumes as he was evacuating the area. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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